“It’s Not Your Water” Will the Giveaway of More Than 80% of Maui's Public Waters Continue?

Posted by - October 14, 2017

The battle over Maui’s public water resources, a battle pitting the common interest of Native Hawaiians and ordinary citizens against Alexander & Baldwin, the state’s largest land development corporation, continues to be waged. At an October 9 public hearing in Haiku, the crowd was standing-room-only as the State Commission on Water Resource Management heard final

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Maui Island Protectors Advance a Brighter, Pono Future Doubters, haters, and whiners best pay attention: Last year, activist travel throughout Hawai‘i broke inter-island mileage records

Posted by - March 25, 2017

Some pessimists predict dark times ahead for Maui, a future of more hotels, pesticide-drenched agribusiness, urban sprawl, shopping malls, and the billowing dust of endless construction. But many Maui folks are standing up, like never before, for a brighter future through collective community action. We, working island residents sometimes forget to raise our heads from

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